dovelike

comparative more dovelike · superlative most dovelike · alternative dove-like

1. Resembling or characteristic of a dove.

   dovelike eyes

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   a dovelike wing

   dovelike grace

   Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss And mad'st it pregnant.

   1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC

2. figurativelyPeaceful; innocent; pacifist.

   Synonyms: dovish, blameless, clean, clean-handed, clean as a hound's tooth, clean as a whistle, clear, guiltless

comparative more dovelike · superlative most dovelike · alternative dove-like

1. In a manner similar to a dove
2. archaicAs much so as those of a dove

   Montanus Phoebe's eyes Dovelike mild